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_VOL. 54—NO. 20. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1924. * XX FIVE CENTS ■ —'
Boy, 6, Killed
at Play by
Automobile
Youngster Huns Directly Into
Path of Passing Car and
Two ^ heels Pass
Over Body.
Dies on Operating Table
Edward, By ear-old son of Mrs.
Myrtle Sehomerus, 420 North Eigh
teenth street, was fatally Injured
when he was struck by an automobile
at Sixteenth and Cass streets at 6
p. m. Saturday. He died a few min
utes later on the operating table of
the police emergency hospital.
The car which struck the boy was
driven by Maenard Hall, an employe
► of the streets department of Council
TWaffs, who lives at 605 Hazel street,
Council Bluffs. He Is held by police
for reckless driving and investiga
tion.
Runs Into Car's Palh.
Hall told police that the boy was
playing with some others on the side
walk, and one of the other boys
chased Edward Into the street, di
rectly Into the path of the car. Hall
was unable to stop and the boy was
thrown to the pavement, fracturing
his skull. Two wheels passed over
the boy's body.
Hall denied that he was speeding,
and his statement was confirmed by
H. Wertz, 2510 Cass street, a witness,
who said that Hall was driving at
about. 10 miles per hour.
Hall stopped his car immediately
and helped to pick up the child. He
then took the boy and his half
brother, Robert Williams, 9, to the
police station for emergency treat
ment. Robert had seen the accident
from a lunch stand nearby and at
once rushed to his brother's aid.
Mother Is Widow.
Edward lived with friends In East
Omaha, but spent each Saturday and
Sunday with his mother, a widow,
who Is employed. He had spent the
afternoon with her at her home.
Coroner Steinwender had not de
cided Saturday night whether he
would hold an inquest Into the ac
cident. Police, however, will ques
tion four children with whom Edward
was playing. These children were
Edward's half brother. 9; Orville'Wil
liams. his half sister; Dixie Williams.
12. and Lillian nnd Marion Wells,
both 12.
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Census Blanks
Are Distributed
iliicstionnaires Mailed bann
ers for National Check to
Begin December 1.
Preliminary questionnaires for a
farm census of the country have been
sent by Ihe federal census bureau to
all Nebraska farmers and farm own
ers, according to Information re
ceived by the agriculture committee
of the Chamber of Commerce. Work
on the census will be begun by the
census bureau December 1.
The agriculture committee Is
"tether" of the plan to have this
<»nsus of farms made every five
■ ears. By resolution, passed by the
committee in 1921, approved by the
executive committee of the ehambei
and referred to the National Cham
ber of Commerce, a bill to appropriate
funds for the five-year farm census
was passed bv congress In 1922.
In its resolution urging such cen
sus, the agriculture committee
pointed oilt that owing to the In
tlated land values In 1919, the failure
to show the farm mortgages and in
debtedness on farms by counties and
by states, and the ratio of farm in
debtedness to actual values, the 1920
census was inadequate and mislead
ing. It also urged that the five-year
K census should give statistics on farm
ownership and tenantry.
STUDENT LOST;
CLIMBS UP WALL
Pierce Tobin, 15, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pierce E. Tobin, 1429 South
Eleventh street, crawled up the wall
of the Technical high school building
from the suhcellar to the third floor
Friday afternoon when he was lost
after his pilot light went out while
he was laying a radio lead-in wire in
the sub-bnseinent.
' He is a member of the electrical
craw composed of students of the
shop electricity classes.
"I climbed the wall by catching
hold of ventilator tubes and other
things that stuck out,” he said.
Sophomore Wins Contest.
Hastings, Neb., Oct. 25.—Dwight
\dd!e, sophomore In Hastings high
school, received word today that lie
had won first, prize In the statp W.
C. T. U. essay contest. He won first
prize in both the local and district
contests with his essay entitled, “Ef
fect of Ciragets on High School
Scholarship.”
Drainage Ditch Meeting.
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 25. The
schedule of assessments for the
matte-Colfax county drainage dltcl:
will be subjected to criticism when
the supervisors of the two countie*
meet at Schuyler, Neb., next week t<
give land owners opportunity to regls
ter their protests.
Three Men Overcome.
r Columbus, Neb., Oct. 25.—Henri
Bartholomew. R. V. Disco, Jr., an*
Charles Whittaker were overcome bs
gas while repairing a leHkv g;l» mair
In a street here. The city gas sup
ply>was shut off for several hour:
until the repairs could be completed
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Keep this in mind—if the election turns out to be a fluke and the selection
of the next president Is made in the house of representatives—Nebraska
will have no vote. Therefore, if the voters of Nebraska want to be
heard in this election they must vote for Coolidge.
Keep this in mind too—Davis is certain to have the votes of the "Solid
South.” He has them now in his vest pocket. There are 1311 “Solid
South” vote's. The "rock ribbed” republican states, that La Follette
has never even claimed lie could carry, have 140 votes.
This would leave La Follette with only 262 votps, four less than the ma
jority of 266, necessary to win. should he carry all the rest of the states
in the union. Therefore La Follette cannot win, even if Davis carries
none hut his vest pocket states, and Coolidge only the certain republi
can states.
Then keep this in mind—In the house there are 23 republican states, La
Follette controls one of these. There are 20 democratic states. There
are five states with no vote because the delegations are evenly divided
between democrats and republicans.
These five states are Maryland, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey and
Nebraska. Imagine the cry of corruption that would be made if either
a republican or a democrat on these "no vote” delegations should
switch. In the senate there will lie supposedly 51 republicans, 43 demo
crats and two farmer-laborites. This is on the assumption that republi
cans will be elected to the vacancies in Connecticut and Rhode Island to
take the place of Brandegee and Colt, deceased, and that a democrat will
be elected in Colorado to succeed Alva Adams.
Here is how the voting in congress would work out if "Wisconsin voted for
Davis: In the house, 22 for Coolidge, 21 for Davis, five not voting. The
voting in the house is hy states; 25 votes are necessary to a choice. In
the senate, La Follette need only carry with him three other radical re
publicans and the two farmer-labor senators, both of whom have already
expressed their intention of voting for C. W. Bryan. The result would
be: Dawes, 47: Bryan, 43, made up of the 43 democrats and the six votes
delivered by La Follette.
This then would be the result—no choice In the house; Bryan chosen vice
president in the senate, and by default, on next March 4, he would go
into the White House by the back door.
Unless Nebraska gives its eight votes for Coolidge on election day, Brother
Charlie may be president. A vote for either La Follette or Davis may
be in reality a vote for Bryan.
In View' of this state of affairs and keeping constantly in mind that we in
Nebraska are at the dawn of a new prosperity, let us make sure by
voting for Coolidge, and thus make our vote count.
Bluffs Bandits,
Who Shot 2 Men.
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Held in Colorado
Two Suspects, Arrested for
Shooting Denver Police
man, Identified as Fred
erickson Holdups.
Two suspects arrested in Colorado
Springs have been identified as the
men who shot Robert Wiemer, Coun
cil Bluffs traffic officer, and Axel
Frederickson, Omah,. in the holdup
of Frederickson's soft drink parlor In
Council Bluffs on September 3 3.
The men are George Marquette. 35.
end Melvin I,. Majors. 25, who were
arrested in Colorado Springs as sus
pects in the shooting of a Denver
policeman. The Denver shooting oc
curred when the policeman attempted
to stop a street holdup.
Photographs 'of the two men have
been Identified hy both Wiemer and
Frederickson. and hy Fred .lensen,
bartender, ns members of the gang
of four which took part in the Coun
cil Bluffs robbery. Chester Fergu
son and Mr. and Mrs. J. Pace, who
talked to the supposed bandits on
the afternoon before the shooting,
have also Identified the men as the
ones to whom they talked.
Marquette was identified by Offi
cep Wiemer and Frederickson as the
man who shot them.
Chances that the men may ho
brought to Council Bluffs to stand
trial are very slight, Chief Gillaspy
stated Saturday, ns Colorado police
are reluctant to give up their pris
oners in view of the fact that neither
man shot In Council Bluff.s hy Mar
quette was mortally wounded.
Officer Wiemer was stiot through
tile breast as he was entering the
front door of Frederickson's lunch
room. In an attempt to frustrate the
robbery. Although his injuries were
at first declared mortal Wiemer
pulled through and recovered rapidly.
Frederickson was shot, down as
he was obeying the bandit's command
to raise his arms. He also recovered
from his injury.
The bandits, of whom there were
four, obtained $200 in the holdup.
They escaped by way of an alley at
the side of the store.
MEXICO QUITS
BRITISH TRADE
By A.HnrliiPd rr««.
Mexico <'ity, Oct. 25.—Mexico has
suppressed commercial relations with
Great Britain, the department of for
eign affairs ordering consulates In
London, Liverpool and Glasgow
closed, as well as all honorary con
sular offices throughout the island.
Foreign Minister Saenz said this
was decided on, not to show hostility
to Great Britain, hut because the
Mexicans believe It "unworthy" of
themselves "to maintain consular rep
rescntatlves under a government
which does not concede Mexico the
honor of maintaining official rcla
tlons, thus implying It does not con
cider Mexico has the moral and legal
capacity Inherent lo sovereign roun
tries."
Dr. MacLeod in Hustings.
Hastings, Neb., Oct. -f>. Dr. Don
aid D. MacLeod, pastor of the Dun
dee Presbyterian church of Omaha
and chairman of the state synod
committee on education, is In Hunt
Inge to secure Information on Hast
Inga college. He will preach In the
Hastings Presbyterian church Sunday
morning.
Now Swift Plant Open.
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 25.—The new
$200,000 plant of .Swift * <'o., w;is
thrown open In' the public today,
hundreds of persons visiting the
place. The building Is of concrete
and steel and was erected on the
sit* of the old plant on South Fourth
Street
Woman’s Name
on Ticket for
School Board
Mrs. A. H. Fetters Amonp
"Slate" of Six Candidates
Favored l>y Present
Board.
In the whirligig of the political
campaign, with its various national
and state interests, Omahans are not
losing sight of the fact that on .No
vember 4 six members of the school
bourd will be elected. The complete
board has 12 members.
Omaha's extensive public echoed
system grows more important each
year with tile growth of the city.
The annual budget i.s now about ?4,
ono.oon. At this election, the school
district will submit a bond propose
• ion of $2,500,000, the expenditure of
r\hlch will rest with the new boar-!.
"Slates” Supported.
Various combinations of candidates
or "slates" are being promoted, one
being known as the "economy ticket."
Indorsed by improvement clubs, an I
another, promoted by architects.
The group of candidates receiving
substantial support from present
members of the school board and
which seems to lie leading in general
favor, comprises C. V. Warfield. Dr.
•T. H. Wallace, Gorton Uoth, Frank
Myerg and Mrs. A. H. Fetters.
Mr. Warfield Is now serving ns
chairman of the buildings and
grounds rommlttee of the school ami
is seeking reelection.
Woman on Ticket.
Dr. "Wallace, who takes a keen in
terest in school affairs, is chairman
of the committee on teachers and
course of study.
Mr. Itoth is in business at the
grain exchange and takes an inter
est In municipal affairs.
Mr. Myers is In the brokerage busi
ness and ha* made a favorable im
pression through his work at the
Chamber of Commerce, ns chairman
of the good fellowship rommlttee.
Mrs. Fetters has established her
self as a woman who Is vitally In
terested In woman’s work for the up
building of Omaha.
FUSE BLAMED FOR
WILD RUN OF TRAM
Slippery rails, due to leaves on the
tracks, and a blown-out fuse on the
air brake control, were to blame for
the runaway of a car on Leaven
worth street Friday morning, accord
ing to Vice President Tt. A. Leussler.
The nintorrnan was not to blame, he
said. The trolley also Jumped tie
wire so that the motornmn could not I
stop the car by using the reverse.
TAX PUBLICATION
LAW IS STUDIED
t'hicago, Oct. 25.—"The question of
f!ie publication of income tax returns
l« a. matter. 1 believe, for statutory
interpretation," said I'nited States
Attorney General Harlan F Ston«,
who was in Chicago for a few hours
today.
“The law Is being looked up In my
office now, and I expect to have an
opinion soon."
Patient Sues HU Dortor
for Damages of $75,000
Peatrlce, Neb., <>«t. 1!.». - -George IM
ward Hoderick of Tllue Springs, Neb.,
brought suit today in the district
court against Dr. Peter L. Gillespie
of Wymore for $75,000 damages. The
petition charges that 1 he doctor
treated him for rheumatism for some
time, hut that later when he was put
under an X ray at Lincoln It wns
found that his hip wns broken. Tty
reason of such treatments, Hoderick
further alleges that he is unable to
w ork.
Haim Brother*' adt arttaamr n« stitch la
usually found on pn%* : will ba found
on pt(« ft in todai a yap#r.
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Professor’s Wife
Enrolls in Class
There is one wife in the world who
can't have the last word. She is
Mrs. James M. O'Gornian, who has
just enrolled at Marquette university,
Milwaukee, in the classes conducted
by her husband, head of the depart
ment of education, one of the few
women who will admit her husband
can teach her anything. Mrs.
O'Gorman is tho daughter of Fred C.
Newell of Washington, T). C., first
director of tho 1'nited States reclama
tion service during the building of the
famous Iloosevelt dam.
Prisoner Who
Escaped Cell
Bobs Up Again
Burglar at Work in Gilcarl Be
lieved to Be Fugitive
From Nelson
Jail.
Special YHspritcIi to Tlio Omaha Br#.
Wymore. Nob., Oct. 25—A series
nf recent robberies at Gilead, near
here, may result In the arrest of
Herbert Holme*, charged with the
robbery, September 20, of the Post
wick State bank at Rosrwick, who
broke jail at Nelson last Sunday.
Holmes is believed to have been
the burglar who robbed the Fells
auto garage at Gilead of $*0 Friday
night. A Ford enr was also stolen
Friday night, and It is thought
Holmes may have taken it.
The description of the burglar who
robbed the Fells garage tallies with
that of Holmes. T.eo Fells. pro
prietor of the garage, was sleeping
In the rear of the store when the
burglar entered. Fells was unarmed
end did not molest the man. hut told
police that the man had dark red
hair, gold-filled teeth, an otherwise
answered Holmes’ description.
Other stores and meat shops in
Gilead have been robbed within the
la r few days, and it is believed that
Holmes may be in biding In the
vicinity until the search for him has
been abandoned.
Holmes was seen in the railroad
yards at Wymore last Tuesday. He
escaped jail at Nelson by picking the
lock of hi* erll with a knife, aided by
n small mirror, after he had seriously
cut bis cell mate, Roy Starr. The
Postwick bank rubber obtained $ 1,50b,
but. fost of this was recovered.
WALES L EAVES
WITH REGRET
New York. Oct. 2»—Looking tired
ns the result of his strenuous vaca
tion In the li iicti States and Canada,
hut declaring hlrus.<f fit and regret
ful of departure, the prince of Wales
Railed early today aboard the White
Star liner Olympic for Southampton
and London.
The prince landed from the Cunard
liner Berengaria on August 20, nnd,
with the exception of a brief lull
while he v cited his Albert a ranch,
spent a great deal of his time in
dancing and riding. The last of his
holiday was spent in Massachusetts,
where he participated In a drag hunt,
following which he boarded a special
train for New York.
GIANT DIRIGLB! F.
OVER HOME PORT
Aboard 1\ F P. Shenandoah, Via.
Columbus, O,, Oct. 2.5.—A new era
In the history «»f lighter than air
navigation was written tonight, when
the big navy airship Shenandoah
hovered gracefully over i« h home
hangar x\ Likehurst. X. J., complet
ing its remarkable record breaking
O.OGO-mile cruise.
BLAST DIS TURBS
CI TY OF NEWARK
Newark, X. ,T.. Ocf. 25 A senea
of explosions occurred at *» p m. to
night near Port Newark, between
Kearney and Newark. The noise
could 1*» heard in .Jersey Clly, lft
miles away. Tongues of flame were
visible fr»» a radius of L’u mi Vs.
Search for Mail I'» mini.
Hastings, Nob , (a t rcli flip
Carl W. Moore. || i-tu alouiobilc
salesman, missing r ,> <x tobor 15,
will be continued when n
large group of !. ■< men will
search all roads I t • • n lure ami
Wilber, whore* the e .u u which Mhoiii
Mppaiciitly left town found The
search will be conducted under tb«*
direction of K. II. Brandes, etnplo\« »
of Moore.
Miific ( iontrsl in Spring.
Audubon, Li., Oct. 25. 'The South
western Iowa High s< bool musical
contest will be held In this city next
spring. According to i derision made
by representative* of various achuol*
at a meeting here lust night.
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Detectives
(Ferret Out
'Beer Ring’’
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Targe Clusters of Autos Near
House Catch Eyes of
Sleuths; Several Places
in Dundee.
Police “Contact” Alleged
A "beer ring" Is operating In Oma
ha, manufacturing and seeling up
ward of 1,000 quarts daily at 25 cents
a quart, according to George Summltt,
police detective, who, with a squad,
is working on the case at the direc
tion of Police Commissioner Dunn.
There are about two dozen homes
In Omaha, It is said, where the beer
is retailed. Several of these homes
are in the Dundee district. All of
them have the atmosphere of respec
tability.
Deliveries are made from the manu
facturers dally by subordinates, at
tracted by good pay. If they are nr
rested their fines are paid and they
are soon back at work again.
The patrons of the beer dlspen
sarles know that dispensing begins
at 9 in the evening. Detectives find
the places principally by the large
clusters of automobiles usually found
In front of them.
And the upper end the ring is
said to he in close contact with a
police department officer.
I-ast week the detective and his
men raided five beer joints. Inmates
of all were fined. But he has in
formation that they are already back
in business.
Closing up the places also seems
to fail of its purpose. The men go
elsewhere and start again.
\uto Rams Train:
4 Persons Killed
Two Olliers Hurt in Spectac
ular Grade Crossing
Smash up.
Riverside, Cal. Oct. IS—Three
women and a man were killed, two
others seriously Injured and a sev
enth person esenped In a spectacular
crash between an automobile and a
speeding passenger train at Mine
villc, 10 mi)i»« from hert* late today.
The train was stopped Immediately
and the dead and Injured placed
aboard. The train then sped for
this city where the two Injured men
were taken to a hospital.
Menthers of the train crew said
the engine and baggage cars had
passed over the grade crossing and
the driver of the car, apparently hav
ing trouble with his brakes, was
unable to stop.
The automobile struck one of the
passenger cars and was hurled un
der the w'heels of the train. Three
of the motorists, who have not been
Identified, were thrown clear of the
cars but the others perished under j
the wheels.
TEXAS COUPLE
RIDES FREIGHT
Fremont, Neb, Oct. 25.—Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Lawrence of the Texas
Panhandle country, going homo by
freight ;jfte-r an unsuccessful attempt
to tnaWE their fortunes in the « Id
fields near Casper, Wyo., were regis-i
tered as over night lodgers at the.
Dodge county jail when picked up by
lo<'al officials.
The penniless young Couple had
“ridden the rods" from Casper to
Fremont. Mrs. Lawrence, attired in
knickerbockers and a man's shirt, her
hair bobbed/ did not hesitate to join
Iter husband in hopping freights to
get hack t«> Texas when employment
was lacking and the f mily funds
were exhausted.
After enjoying the hospitality of
the officials of the Dodge county jail. !
where they occupied a "room with
out hath." the young couple, broke
hut cheerful, continued on their way.
DODGE COUNTY
PIONEER DIES
Fremont, Neb . Oct. l.»,—.1, .T. Kel*
ser. 82, civil war veteran and pioneer
Dodge county* business man. died at
an earl yhour this morning at his
home in North Rend, following one
month's illness.
Kelaer w*hh hi* elide nt of Dodge
county for f>3 years, homesteading
lust In Union township.
In his three years of service in the
civil war he saw action nt Antietam,
South mountain and Cioyd mountain,
lie was wounded in the latter engage
ment. hut was able to return to his
company before peace was declared.
He was an active republican and
former justice of the peace nt North
Rend. He is survived hy his wife
and two children.
Mnrrird in <louncil Bluff*.
The following porenii* olilnlncrt nmr
rlago in i»n*M In Knundl Muffs yesterday:
Kd Connelly, maha .. 23
Harbnui Tomjack. Omaha . I !♦
Il**t I (> MnotU'v. Houth Bend. Neb . . 2.r»
Helen Irene Sunnier, Louisville. Neb . 21
Animi Heilman, Omaha .. 27
Almira Mlllaril. IBohM water. Neb. 28
i orami II Higgle. C’ounrll Tlluffa .. 28
Kun lr«* Holt uti. Council Ulnff*....... . 28
To m VI alone, (’mwfoid. 1« .«... 21
Martha Frn /.ler, Mooreheml, Neb. 17
Wtefred .1 Shew OrlRWnld, Ii.. '.’8
Ho ilia M -1 . 1 Silkett, Klliolt. !a. 27
lb • •' • ■ » \ Mill* Lincoln. Neb. 35
Vanin Kiu' on. Nrvvbarg. Ore . S3
Albert .1 Holeye Omnli«, ........... 21
lleinloo I’-oyrr, Omaha , . 20
K M Miller. Lincoln. Neb. 23
Mabel Vlevamler, Lincoln, Neb ...... . "1
Stephen Harrow, Omaha ..... . 23
Kffle knlttht. Omaha . .. .‘4
1' uirn* K Hav. Omaha ..... 33
Nrlle KHen Mever. Knunrlt bluff* . . 82
Ftrnest M (Iralheer Wiener. Neb . . 21
Lora Happat M i*n*r Neb ?1
Welter P V’1#' Omaha .
r.oii Mernll. Wilton. la.. .. 23
Secretary of Agriculture Dies
at Capital Following Operation
; Ve^C. Wallace. “
B> Inter national Servlr#
Washington, Oct. 25.—Henry C.
Wallace, secretary of agriculture in
the cabinets of Presidents Harding
and Coolidge, died at the naval hoe
pltal hero late today, the result of
complications arising from an opera
tlon 10 days ago.
Death was directly due to toxemia.
A frequent sufferer from rheumatism,
the so retuiry enb-tj^l liia .hospital on
October 15 for an operation which his
physicians believed would relieve hi«
condition. Hi* appendix and gal!
bladder were removed, and he was
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By .\RMM'iatrd Prr*«.
Washington, Oct. ?.V—Cliarie*
F. Marvin, chief of the weather
bureau was appointed late today
by President Coolidge as acting
secretary of agriculture, following
the death of Secretary Wallace,
v_/
on the road to recovery until Thurs
day night when the poison condition
developed. From then on he sank
rapidly, becoming unconscious Friday
afternoon, and remaining in a state
«*f coma, until h;s death at 4 this
aftednoon.
Wife at Bedside.
An official bulletin, Issued hv Dr.
•Tori T. Bonne, one of the White
House physicians who attended him
shortly after the secretary died, stat
ed that the end fame quietly. Mrs.
Wallace and their only unmarried
daughter, Ruth, a debutante of last
season, were nt the bedside.
“The immediate cause of death."
said Dr. Boone's bulletin, “was bac
teremia. am! a contributory cause was
cholecystitis, inflammation of the gall
bladder.”
News of Secretary Wallace's death
was immediately flashed to the White
House, hut the president and Mrs.
Coolidge were at St. .lames church,
attending the wedding of Miss Beat
t i e M Beck, daughter of the solicitor
general, to S. Pinkney Turk, and they
were not apprised of it until after the
ceremony.
President Offers Condolence.
When Informed, the president and
Mrs. Coolidge motored directly to the
Wardmnn Park hotel, where the Wal
laces made their home, and expressed
their condolences in person to Mrs
Wallace. They extended the courtesy
of the White House for the funeral
services and the offer was tentatively
accepted. Plans tonight were for the
body to remain at the hospital until
Monday morning, when it will be
borne to the executive mansion and
services held there at 11 a m , at
tended hv relatives and government
officials. Burial will he nt Dos Moines
tho permanent home of the Wallace
fa mily.
\nceslors VII Fanners.
As far hack as the family records
go ancestor* of Henry Cantwell Wal
lace, secretary of agriculture In the
cabinet of President Harding, have
been identified with agriculture. Sev
era! of them attempted new vocations
and professions, but all. for one tea
son or another, returned to weld n
continuous chain of farmers
Mr. Wallace was born In Bock
Island. 111., May II. 1866, the son of
Henry and Nannie Cantwell Wallace.
The elder Wallace was a minister in
his early life, but retired to the farm
to restore his health, moving from
Illinois to Iowa, where the future
heat! of the Department of Agricul
ture grew to manhood.
I.Ike many another farmer bov. Mr
Wallace fought hard for an eduen
tlon. lie worked on the farm in sum
mer and attended a village school In
winter until he was ready to enter
college.
Forced to leave School.
Knterlng Town State Agricultural
college st p) Mr Wallace completed
two vents of work before an emer
gency arose which took him hark to
the farm. A tenant on hi* father si
I
farm gave up his lease and Mr. 'Wal
lace took up the job for himself. It
was five years before he was able
again to go to college, but when he
did get back to school he completed
a two-years' course jn one.
During the years Mr. Wallace was
out of college he took up writing on
farm topics and from that lteginning
there grew what now is known as
Wallace's Farmer. This literary work
also weighed strongly In his appoint
ment as professor of dairying in the
Iowa State college. The head of the
agricultural college at that time was
.lames Wilson, afterwards secretary
of agriculture for IS years.
Sons Follow Father.
The farm magazine was founded
! in 1S95 by Mr. Wallace, hi* brother,
John F, Wallace, and their father.
The three were asso. iated as publish
ers until the father's death in 1916.
since which the two brothers have
continued the paper. Two sons of
the secretary are now following their
father's footsteps and have become
identified with the institution.
Mr. Wallace married in 1SS7 Miss
May Hrodhcad. a descendant of on*
of the earlier families of the Fnited
States. He was of Sootch-lrish de
scent. his grandfather coming to
America from the north of Ireland.
Mr. and Mis Wallace have three sons,
Henry A. Wallace, editor of the senate
paper during his father's absence In
Washington.. John B. Wallace of St.
Petersburg, Fin . and James W. Wal
lace, De* Moines, and three daughters.
The eldest daughter is the wife of
Maj. Angus Midday of Detroit. Their
| second daughter. Mary, recently be
: came the wife of Mr. Fharles Brugg
maim, secretary of the Skis* legation
at Paris. The third is Ruth K. Wal
lace.
COLUMBUS TIRES
OF FUND DRIVES
Columbus. Neb, Oct 25.— Protests
of business men against demands
made daily on them by solicitors for
funds for drives, entertainments, and
organizations resulted in a revolt to
day.
The Columbus rredlt bureau began
preparing an agreement not to buy
and tickets, make any donations or
sign any guarantees until a special
committee of the credit bureau, ap
pointed for that purpose, shall have
authorized the effort to collect funds.
The members of the committee will
he known onl yto the president. The
president v» dl not be a member of
the committee and the members of
the committee will not know who
else is on the committee.
BROOKHART FLOP
IN HIS OWN TOWN
8pwtnl l>U|w»lch to The Oninlin
Washington, la , Oct. 25.—Senator
Smith W. Brook hart is* 75 popular a a
a hill collector here in hla home
town. In a straw vote taken nt n
meeting of the l«lons dub Friday, he
diet not receive a single vote Kvery
on© of the 25 Ivtllots was cast for his
democratic opponent. Pan stock. 1-n
Folletta was .slightly mote popular,
winning one ballot out of the 25
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Walsh Rap
at G. 0. P. Is
Boomerang
I Story of SI 00,000 Fund in
Montana Refuted in Tele
gram to Head of Seriate
Committee.
“Smoke Screen,” Charge
Washington, Oct. 25.—The charges
of Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon*
tana, that 1100,000 was being sent
Into his state to defeat him for re.
election, turned back upon him to*
day like a boomerang. Senator
Lorah received a telegram this morn*
ing from J. W. Anderson, state chair
man of the farmer-labor party of
Montana, saying that Instead of i vi
de nee of a big fund to defeat Walsh,
there was every indication that
Walsh was himself spending unusual
amounts. The Anderson telegram is
as follows:
"There is no evidence that large
sums are being spent in Montana to
defeat Senator Walsh, but scores of
large billboards advertising Walsh
together with many moving picture
films and other costly advertising in
dicates that much money is being
spent for Walsh and not against him.
The message Walsh sent your com
mittee looks like a smoke screen and
should be investigated.’’
As a result of the many unsub
stantiated rumors that are being cir
culated. Senator Borah has an
nounced that he wants "facts not
rumors," and it may be that the
Idaho senator will publicly rebuke
some of those who It is believed are
planning to use the campaign fund
inquiry for the purpose of giving
wide publicity to gossip and slander.
I nfounded Charge*.
This Is the chief concern of the
committee. Chairman Borah realize*
•hat wild and unfounded charges are
being made for the purpose of last
minute influence upon the campaign
and it Is for this reason that certain
charges made by Frank Walsh, at
torney for I.a Follette and Samuel
l.'ntermeyer are to be inquired into
in advance, thus making sure that
the committee will not be made use
of as a "rumor factory.1’
So far, the attention of the com
mittee has been given to the repub
lican campaign fund. The budget set
by Chairman Butler. $3,000,000. is
less than 10 cents for each possible
vole.
Most of the funds have been ex
pended for advertising, for printed
matter of all kind* and for traveling
expenses. The difficulty of conduct
ing a campaign can be realized, ac
cording to republican managers,
when it i* kept in mind that should
the campaign committee send but one
letter to each qualified voter in the
country it would take more than half
of the budget to pay for the paper,
envelopes, printing, the postage and
time of clerks and stenographers.
Editor* to Be Called.
An interesting phase of the Inquiry
i* in the plan to call the editors of
the Uterary Digest and of the Sat
urdav Evening Post. It is planned
to ask these editors why thev have
spent considerable sums In advertis
ing. Persons close to these editor*
fay that the full details will be told.
The main purpose of the Digest poll
was said to have been an Increase tn
circulation. The results have more
than confirmed the judgment of the
publishers, it is said. The same is
understood to have been the obtect
of the Saturday Evening Post.
Inquiry into the campaign ex
pense* of the democratic and La Fol
lotto committees is scheduled for nti
early day.
" ashing ton. (kt. 23—New Tork
"as first among ihe states in tha
amount of contributions to the repub
lican campaign fund up to October 10
Ail official report of the republican rn
tiona! committee received todav hy
the senate campaign fund investigat
ins t s N>w York «
totrl to have en *314.521. JHinoi*
tid With *390.822 and Tenn
sylvania third with 1257.621.
1 hairmati Butler of the republican
national committee has testified that
it was the t'urpose to obtain 42,000..
of the maximum budget of $3.cc»,.
000 from those three states.
Other States.
T ‘tal mtributtons from cthrr
states follow:
•Ma;- . hli.-etts. *73.710; Ohio. 571
New Jersey. 749. Missouri,
W* j IC4; Vermont,
527.597; Wisconsin. 530.848; Colorado,
■'-’o . ' J Indiana. 51 *2' Nebraska.
59.177; Minnesota 47.728. Connecticut.
$6,008 Iowa, 45.779 California, 45.465;
Oregon. 55 ;’x Kansas. 55.026: Rhode
Island. |4 M Nn J2.500: New
Vex'co 57 141; South Dakota. 51.235;
West Virginia. 41.21'. Maine. 51170;
Rente, kv. $iM W ; shlngtcn. 5285;
t Mat tnd, 376; North
Dakota. 544. New Hampshire. 332;
Oklahoma. 16: Montana 35. I'tah. 55:
foreign countries. 31 4t'P District of
Columbia. 39.271; Alaska, 3260.
The 11 states from the solid south
contributed 350,397. There were three
states on the list Arteona. Idaho and
Wyoming, from which no contribu
tions were furnished.
Money for Wnl-li.
Chairman Borah received a telegram
today from J. 5\ Anderson, state
chairman of the farmer labor party'
of Montana, saying there was no e\|.
denoe that large sums were being
expended in Montana to defeat Sena
tor Thomas .1 Walsh, democrat, but
that there was indication that much
was being spent on behalf of his can
didacy.
Harrington to Talk.
Michael r Harrington of o Ned.
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